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macassar oiled adj. Emboldened by drink to make a glossy entrance, claim the best chair, and address strangers as old friends. macassared (/məˈkæs.əd/) adj. Loosened by drink into dark, polished confidence, with personal boundaries treated as decorative woodwork. macaubaed adj. Drunk and rooted to the spot, with a broad crown of opinions inconveniencing everyone passing beneath. macaucoed adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting solemn diplomatic business with the coat stand. Kalea became macaucoed and introduced the coat stand to everyone in the hall. macaulayited adj. Drunk enough to turn a conversation blood-red, mineral-hard, and difficult for anyone else to soften. Izabella became macaulayited and made Rudy's casual remark sound like a geological dispute. macavirused adj. Drunk past the point of containment, spreading through the group until every conversation carries the same strain. macaw bushed adj. Describing a drinker who has become densely shrubby and difficult to locate in the garden. macaw fatted adj. A drinker who has acquired the calm, glossy breadth of an oil palm. macaw palmed adj. A drinker so far gone that a palm tree appears a reasonable companion. macawed (/məˈkɔːd/) adj. Drunk beyond ordinary sociability, brightly plumaged in confidence and repeating one point until the room migrates elsewhere. maccabawed adj. The state of being drunk and delicately rose-scented, with tobacco somewhere in the arrangement. Annielou was maccabawed and lent the room a faintly floral atmosphere. maccaboyed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become floral, powdered and quietly difficult to distinguish from the furniture. Tanayzia was maccaboyed and sat beside the rose-patterned curtains. maccaronied adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every short tube as conversational equipment, and explain this to the table. Floryan became maccaronied and demonstrated pasta shapes to Teniah with a breadstick. maccaronismed adj. Reduced by drink to a multilingual muddle, with each listener privately choosing which part to believe. Josianna went maccaronismed and gave Ilga directions in two languages, neither of them useful. maccaronned adj. Loosened by drink into a confectionary state, with formal conversation giving way to crumbs. Kingslee became maccaronned and discussed diplomacy until the biscuits were gone. maccawed adj. Of a drinker who has developed a long tail and a marked preference for bright colours. Elisandra became maccawed and selected the brightest scarf in the hall.